Dejongia

Dejongia
Dejongia lobidactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Dejongia
Gielis, 1993

Dejongia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus is named after Dr R. de Jong from the National Museum of Natural History (Leiden), in recognition for his "help and advice to solve phylogenetic problems".

Species

Three species are recognized:

References

  1. 1 2 Gielis, C. (1993). "Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 290 (1): 1–139.
  2. 1 2 Dejongia Gielis, 1993 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 17 September 2019.